to thoses with amazing dh/dps please tell me what they do with regard to housework?

[mrsdannydyer]

tia

pay for a cleaner

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Tries his damndest not to make a mess

I have an amazing dh, but luckily for him I didn't marry him for his hoovering abilities.

He doesn't do housework but does loads of outside jobs

Mine will put his own washing on,dry it and iron,cooks meals at weekends AND wash up.Although hes allergic to cleaning the toliet or picking up his mess-I did have a few choice words when I found his motorbike tank in our bedroom(airing against the radiator )the other day-other than that I can't complain,hes pretty domesticated.

Dh washes the nappies.
takes DS1 to school
makes dinner a few nights of the week
hoovers occasionally
happy to be asked to do almost anything but he does need asking some times.

Loads the d/washer and ignores all the dishes that are not right there by it,
unloads the d/washer in the morning and leaves all the things he doesn't nkow whre they go,
brings the milk in.

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All the cooking.
Cleans bathroom and kitchen floor.
We take turns to hoover.
Any fixing etc.

Basically, chores are split equally. We both work FT though, so our situation is different to yours (have read other thread).

at puddings husband hoovering up the cat water

Dp does all the ironing, washes & dries his own clothes, vacuums and usually loads dishwasher/tidies after dinner. Also cooks once or twice a week

Dh does whatever I haven't had time to do on my days off

and tbh, this is normal not 'amazing' in my book

he mops if something needs mopping, does dishes if they need doing etc

what he does do that annoys me is expect me to ADMIRE his work when he has done it, whereas I will not get a jot of recognition

but at least it gets done

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Bins
Dishwasher - loading only (he doesn't have time before work to unload)
Gardening
Clearing up after dinner
Anything to do with cats - e.g. feeding, litter trays etc
Cooks if I ask him to

He will also do any specific jobs I ask him to e.g. clean the outside windows, but he wouldn't notice off his own back that something needs doing

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dh does dd's teas (and his own, i'm at work).

he does full childcare stuff after 4pm, all tidying after playing, all washing up/loading dishwasher after tea.

he does washing at weekends (at least 4 loads, hung/dried/ folded and put away). i do the odd load during the week but not often.

he does his own work shirts, washes and irons them (he's very fussy). i do no ironing at all. rare time i need something doing, he does it.

he cleans windows.

he takes rubbish out.

he hoovers stairs.

he does all DIY fixing things, putting shelves up etc.

I am always suspicious of badly done chores do they do that so they wont be asked again????

DH washes up and cooks on a sunday, and helps me tidy most evenings when the hurricanes children have gone to bed. He will also now, after much moaning and buying another washing basket for the bedroom, actually not leave his clothes on the floor.

This is btw, all I ask him to do, and I am pretty livid if he doesn't as I don't think it is a lot.

yes i should of said normal, i agree

After a 12 hour day at work he will come home and do basically anything I ask. I am ill at the moment so he is extra-accommodating, but he's always willing to do house chores even when I'm well.

He does washing, ironing, cleaning bathrooms, hoovering, getting kids to bed, shopping, bins, changing beds, loading and unloading dishwasher, is willing to cook but rarely does as I am a better cook.

At the moment he tells me off if I so much as try to clear the table after a meal.

He is an absolute angel, I am very lucky. I trained him up when we were newly married though and it was hard at first.

Pay for services.

dangerous ground calling him amazing as then he might Take Advantage

but he is Not Too Bad Really. He

• does the early morning before-school weekday grind two days out of five (this is a development of our early-parenting-days Make Or Break deal that we would do alternate mornings)
• will do shopping on request subject to its not being "too heavy"
• is totally reliable re lightbulbs, fuses, swift construction of bookcases as required, shelves, hooks on doors, relighting of boiler, painting, managing of tradesmen, etc etc
• does own washing of gym kit mounds
• looks after whatever dry-cleaning & laundry washing (big sheets etc) needs doing
• is trustworthy in mortgage/household insurance/car-related admin dept
• is pretty reliable re cash for cleaner
• is genuinely supportive of me getting evenings out, even when it means him having to stay in

he makes the dinner every night, and usually washes up pots etc
does the bins
unloads the dishwasher
irons his own shirts
get home in time to bath ds

i know i am very lucky!

we both work full time but he

changes bedsheets once a week

adult laundry duties shared equally (nanny does the chilren's)

i cook every night, he clears up everything after -- leaves the kitchen very clean indeed

takes out trash

i give kids a bath, he gets them both dry and dressed up (mostly this is just weekends) - most weekdays nanny does this

takes children for walks or general muck around in garden so i can have some peace and quiet

Wouldn't say he was amazing either btw, it took much persuading that this is not much to ask.

cleaner comes for ironing and hoovering and general tidy up in the house so not in the list of divided duties